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Llanos de Challe National Park, located three hours north of La Serena, is a coastal park that offers a unique opportunity to witness the natural phenomenon of the Blooming Desert. This spectacular event, which occurs between August and October in years with unusual rainfall, transforms the arid landscape into a vibrant mosaic of colours.

  • Departure: 07:00
  • Duration: Full day
  • Includes: Boxlunch
  • Pickup / Dropoff: La Serena

What you will visit:

  • 1 Llanos de Challe National Park
  • 2 La Serena

During the excursion through the Llanos de Challe National Park, you will take gentle hikes that will allow you to observe a great diversity of flowers of the Blooming Desert, such as the añañucas, suspiros, huillis, azulillos, and malvillas. With a little luck, you might encounter the elusive Lion's Paw. After a box lunch to recharge your batteries, you will continue exploring the park, where you can also appreciate different types of cacti and local fauna. The tour will end back in La Serena, enjoying the impressive blankets of magenta flowers that extend to the horizon under the light of the sunset, an unforgettable image to conclude this day in contact with nature.

  • Physical
    Very low
  • Cultural
    Very low
  • Nature
    Very high
Included
  • Transportation.
  • Tourist Guide.
  • National Park Admission.
  • Mid-morning snack.
  • Box lunch.
NOT Included
  • Everything not mentioned in the itinerary.

Recommendations

Sunscreen, sunglasses, windbreaker, comfortable shoes, mineral water, hat. 

Notes

Itinerary subject to change depending on blooming locations. Departure from La Serena.